I caught the brief highlights of Candi Staton's afternoon set and thought to myself "She's been around for a hell of a long time, she must be nearly as old as Elton, but she looks great and is bopping around the stage like a good 'un." So I looked it up, and she is 83.
83!!
I double-checked it and I still can't believe it. If I can sing like that in front of that big a crowd when I'm 83.... well.... I just hope there will be a guy in his late 30s who will be impressed enough to blog about it.
And so to my thoughts on Elton John - well, firstly the f**ker can still play the piano!
His voice was a bit shaky at times, but some moments shone, and 'Candle In The Wind' was phenomenal.
I like the way he introduced lots of acts most of us hadn't heard of and gave them a chance on the big stage.
And is there anyone else on earth who can fill 2 hours with that many recognisable instant hits?
And this is more about the TV coverage than the performance, but there was an amazing drone shot where they pulled away from the stage and went up and back, so you could see the enormity of the crowd and then take in the size of the whole site. It was a brilliant bit of direction from whoever was running the programme.
And that's all I have. I have spent the morning humming "Daniel" to myself, so the songs obviously stuck in my head.
RC 26-6-23
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